UK’s infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds
Britain’s infected blood scandal that has killed 3,000 people and left thousands more suffering with hepatitis or HIV was no accident, a public inquiry found on Monday, blaming a catalogue of failures...
LDP considers serious punishments for 4 members over funds scandal
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is considering imposing severe punishments on four of its senior members over their involvement in a political funds scandal, with non-endorsement in elections among the possible penalties,...
Japan PM Kishida intends to attend Diet panel on funds scandal
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that he plans to attend a parliamentary hearing on a political funds scandal that has rocked his Liberal Democratic Party, in an apparent attempt to...
Thousands at anti-government rally in Croatia allege high-level corruption and demand an election
Thousands of people rallied in Croatia’s capital on Saturday, accusing the ruling center-right party of corruption and demanding that this year’s parliamentary election be held as soon as possible.
Daihatsu partly resumes domestic output after safety test scandal
Daihatsu Motor Co. resumed part of its domestic production on Monday, around one and a half months after suspending its entire output in Japan due to safety test rigging.
EU lawmakers seek an investigation into Serbia vote fraud allegations with an eye to...
European Union lawmakers called on Thursday for an independent investigation into allegations of vote-rigging in Serbia and demanded that EU funds be cut off if the authorities in Belgrade fail to cooperate...
As his son faces a graft probe, a Malaysian ex-PM says the government wants...
Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad attacked a graft probe into his associates as politically motivated, a week after his eldest son was ordered to hand over information to investigators.
Japanese prosecutors make their first arrest in the fundraising scandal sweeping the ruling party
— Japanese prosecutors made their first arrest Sunday in connection with a major political slush fund scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already unpopular government.Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office said in a...